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259. SCHWARTZ, Delmore. The World is a Wedding. Norfolk: New Directions (1948). Two short novels and five stories by a writer who is most well-known for his poetry. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trace corner wear.
260. SCHWARTZ, John Burnham. Reservation Road. NY: Knopf, 1998. His highly praised second book. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally inscribed by Schwartz on the half-title in 1999. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
261. SCOTT, Paul. The Day of the Scorpion. NY: Morrow (1968). The first American edition of the second volume in the author's acclaimed Raj Quartet. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning to the rear spine fold, an upper edge tear to the rear panel, and internal tape-strengthening at the crown.
262. SHACOCHIS, Bob. Easy in the Islands. NY: Crown (1985). Winner of the National Book Award for a first work of fiction. Inscribed by the author to the former President of the University of Iowa: "To James O. Freedman -/ In gratitude for your leadership/ here at the University of Iowa,/ your insistence on excellence,/ and your support of the/ Arts and Letters, and the/ struggle to develop the/ heart as well as the mind./ Enjoy Easy!/ Sincerely,/ Bob Shacochis/ Dec. 10, 1985/ Iowa Writers' Workshop." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice inscription.
263. SHACOCHIS, Bob. The Next New World. NY: Crown (1989). His second collection of stories. Warmly inscribed by the author before publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. John Irving, Robert Stone blurbs. Winner of the Priz de Rome of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1989.
264. SHIRER, William L. Berlin Diary. NY: Knopf, 1941. The landmark volume on Nazi Germany, the first book written by the legendary correspondent who was recruited for CBS News by Edward R. Murrow, and broadcast (censored) reports from Berlin during the early years of World War II, prior to American involvement in the war. He later wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, long considered the definitive history of Hitler's Germany. Small spot to top stain; else fine in a very good dust jacket with a tear to the upper rear flap fold.
265. SHIRER, William L. The Nightmare Years. Boston: Little Brown (1984). Volume two of his memoirs, covering the years 1930-1940, most of which time the author spent in Germany, during Hitler's rise to power and the first years of World War II. Concavity to spine; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a crease on the rear flap.
266. SIMIC, Charles. Dismantling the Silence. NY: Braziller (1971). A review copy of the first volume in the Braziller Series of Poetry, and the first regular trade book published by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. This title was only issued in wrappers in this country. Inscribed by the author in 1995. Very faintly edge-toned; still fine. Uncommon, especially signed.
267. SIMIC, Charles. Charon's Cosmology. NY: Braziller (1977). The hardcover issue of this collection that was a finalist for the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author in 1995. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
268. SIMIC, Charles. Austerities. NY: Braziller (1982). The hardcover issue of this poetry collection. Inscribed by the author in 1995. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
269. SIMIC, Charles. Weather Forecast for Utopia and Vicinity. Poems 1967-1982. (Barrytown): Station Hill (1983). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1996. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
270. SIMIC, Charles. Selected Poems, 1963-1983. NY: Braziller (1985). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Trace top edge foxing; else fine in a slightly dusty dust jacket.
271. SIMIC, Charles. Unending Blues. San Diego: HBJ (1986). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1993: "...A book of New Hampshire low-down-real-mean-blues..." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
272. SIMIC, Charles. The World Doesn't End. San Diego: HBJ (1989). Second printing of his Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of poetry. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Rear board wider than front board; else fine in a fine dust jacket, with wraparound band announcing the Pulitzer Prize. Uncommon in hardcover.
273. SIMIC, Charles. The Book of Gods and Devils. San Diego: HBJ (1990). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
274. SIMIC, Charles. Hotel Insomnia. NY: HBJ (1992). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
275. SIMIC, Charles. A Wedding in Hell. NY: Harcourt Brace (1994). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in 1995. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
276. SIMIC, Charles. Walking the Black Cat. NY: Harcourt Brace (1996). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
277. SIMIC, Charles. Night Picnic. NY: Harcourt (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with some slight surface scratching to the front panel.
278. SINGER, I.B. Short Friday. NY: FSG (1964). A collection of 16 stories by the Nobel Prize winner. Signed by the author: "Greetings/ I.B. Singer." Edge-toned boards; else fine in a near fine, dusty dust jacket with slight edge wear and internal tape-strengthening at the spine.
279. SINGER, I.B. The Manor. NY: FSG (1967). A novel. Again signed by the author: "Greetings/ I.B. Singer." Fine in a very good dust jacket with several small edge tears and internal tape-strengthening at the spine.
280. SINGER, I.B. Passions. NY: FSG (1975). A collection of stories, his seventh. Signed by the author in the year of publication: "Greetings/ I.B. Singer/ Nov 28, 1975." Fine in a near fine, edge-toned and price-clipped dust jacket with internal tape-strengthening at the spine.
281. SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. Old Love. NY: FSG (1979). His first book after winning the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of stories, the title of which takes its name from one of the stories in his collection Passions. Signed by the author: "New Love/ I.B. Singer." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
282. SONTAG, Susan. The Volcano Lover. NY: FSG, 1992. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with four thin strips of melted lamination on the rear panel.
283. SPARK, Muriel. Doctors of Philosophy. NY: Knopf, 1966. The first American edition of this play by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. First performed in London in 1962. Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-dulled dust jacket with internal tape-strengthening at the spine extremities.
284. STAFFORD, William. Allegiances. NY: Harper & Row (1970). The fourth volume of poetry by this writer whose first, Traveling Through the Dark, won the National Book Award in 1963. In 1970, Stafford became Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress, a position currently known as Poet Laureate of the U.S. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with mild sunning to the spine lettering.
285. STAFFORD, William. Stories That Could Be True. NY: Harper & Row (1977). A volume of new and collected poems. Inscribed by the author "with respects from a grateful student at Iowa." Stafford received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1954, and this volume is inscribed in 1985 to the then-current President of the university. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a small sticker shadow on the front flap and mild spine sunning.
286. STAFFORD, William. Smoke's Way. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press (1983). The first trade edition of this selection of poems from 14 of Stafford's previously issued limited editions; a limited edition of this title appeared in 1978. This is the hardcover issue, and is inscribed by the author in 1985. Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket.
287. STAFFORD, William and BELL, Marvin. Segues. Boston: Godine, 1983. The hardcover trade issue of this "correspondence in poetry" by the two poets. Inscribed by Bell in 1983 and inscribed by Stafford in 1985. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear at the crown.
288. (STEADMAN, Ralph). STEADMAN, Anna. Prints of Ralph. (Tucson): Sylph Publications, 2003. Anna Steadman's journal entries from 1994 and 1997-2000, chronicling Ralph Steadman's meeting Joe Petro III and their collaboration on a series of silkscreen prints. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the process and the finished prints and with Anna Steadman's sketches of the environs. Issued as Sylph Chapbook Number 4 and printed in a total edition of 60 copies, of which this is one of 50 numbered copies half-bound in teal and black Asahi-World cloth. Signed by Anna Steadman, Ralph Steadman and Joe Petro III. Fine, at the list price:
289. -. Same title, one of 10 Roman-numeraled copies signed by Anna Steadman, Ralph Steadman and Joe Petro III. A facsimile of a page from the author's diary and original pieces of Ralph Steadman's drawing board backing paper are bound in. Fine in a fine clamshell box of full Asahi-World cloth and hand-made kozo paper. List:
290. STEINBECK, John. Cup of Gold. NY: Covici Friede (1936). The second edition of Steinbeck's first book, which was first published in an edition of 2476 copies by McBride just weeks before the stock market crash of 1929. The remaindered copies of the first edition were bound up by Covici Friede, then Steinbeck's publisher, after the author had achieved a certain amount of literary and commercial success with such works as The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown and Tortilla Flat. Introductory material by Lewis Gannett was added to the Covici Friede edition. This copy is in blue cloth, and in the earliest of the Covici Friede dust jackets, without the publisher's name on the spine. Offsetting to endpages, small stain rear cloth; a near fine copy in a near fine, unpriced dust jacket.
291. STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus. NY: Viking, 1947. Owner name on flyleaf; light top edge foxing; cocked. A very good copy in a very good, spine-dulled dust jacket with modest rubbing and edge wear and a short ink mark in the "J" on the spine.
292. STEINBECK, John. The Pearl. NY: Viking, 1947. The first issue of this short novel, with the photograph of Steinbeck looking to his left. Foxing to top stain, else fine in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with foxing on the rear panel and several small tears that have been excessively mended on the verso. Drawings by José Clemente Orozco, the Mexican muralist.
293. STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. NY: Viking, 1950. A fine copy in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with one short edge tear and light edge wear. An attractive copy.
294. STEINBECK, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. NY: Viking, 1961. Fading to top stain, else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned, price-clipped dust jacket.
295. STEINBECK, John. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. NY: Viking (1975). The limited edition of this massive collection (900+ pages); one of 1000 numbered copies. Among Steinbeck's various correspondents, which included numerous writers and publishers, were such political figures as Adlai Stevenson and John F. Kennedy. Spine cloth sunned; else fine in a near fine, edge-sunned slipcase. Laid in are four unused 15c Steinbeck stamps, which were first issued in 1979.
296. STEVENS, Wallace. Parts of a World. NY: Knopf, 1942. A collection of poems by the author of Harmonium, Ideas of Order and others. Stevens won the National Book Award in 1950 and 1954. Darkening to hinges; a bit of fading to spine cloth; near fine, lacking the dust jacket.
297. (STONE, Robert). McCLANAHAN, Ed. My Vita, If You Will. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint (1998). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of McClanahan's previously uncollected work. With a foreword by Robert Stone, a longtime friend dating from the early 1960s at Stanford, where McClanahan introduced Stone to Ken Kesey and the other members of the Perry Lane crowd. Signed by Stone. Fine in wrappers.
298. STRAND, Mark. The Continuous Life. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. Eighteen poems by Strand with two woodcuts by Neil Welliver. Printed in an edition of 301 copies, of which 275 were numbered but not signed and only the 26 lettered copies were signed. This copy is out-of-series and unnumbered (or lettered) but signed by Strand. 10 1/4" x 14" attractively printed on Umbria. Fine in stitched wrappers and clamshell box.
299. SÜSKIND, Patrick. Perfume. NY: Knopf, 1986. A review copy of the author's unusual, highly praised first novel. Winner of the World Fantasy Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Review slip, publicity information, and promotional postcard laid in.